At least nine dead in Baghdad car bomb attack

BAGHDAD, April 23 (Reuters) - At least nine people were
killed on Saturday when a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb
at a security checkpoint in northern Baghdad, police sources
said, adding that the death toll could rise.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast
which wounded a further 28 people, but Islamic State regularly
carries out attacks on security forces in the capital, including
one near a Shi'ite mosque on Friday that left nine dead.
(Reporting by Kareem Raheem, editing by David Evans)